When we talk about cancer survival statistics, we act like a percentage applies to everyone equally. But standard health statistics flatten reality.
As an epidemiologist, I see the truth behind the data. The math lumps a patient in rural Montana who has to drive hours across mountain passes for treatment into the exact same bucket as someone living just blocks from a world-class medical center in San Francisco or Boston.
When we bunch everyone into the same denominator, the average becomes a lie. Broad statistics hide the massive, systemic gaps dictated by a single map coordinate.
This is part of our special series, The Epi Edit. We’re pulling back the clinical curtain to look at the real math behind the healthcare system.
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